Rail-joint.



No. 744,803. PATENTED NOV. 24, 1903.

J. SA'NTEE & E. G. HINE S.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2.1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented November 24, 1903.

FFICE.

RAIL J OINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 744,803, dated November 24, 1903. Application filed April 2, 1903. Serial No. 150,795. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J AOOB SANTEE and EDWIN G. HINEs, citizens of the United States, residing at Drums, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail- Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention aims to provide novel means for joining the meeting ends of rails, the said means comprising the peculiar form of the rail ends in their cooperation or combination with a chair, also of special structure.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and drawings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention are susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the railjoint in position. Fig. 2 is a detail View in perspective of the end portion of one of the rails, showing the peculiar form of same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section. Fig. at is a longitudinal section.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters;

The invention, as before mentioned, comprises, essentially, the exact form of the rail ends and their special cooperation with a railchair by which the rigidity of the joint is preserved to a maximum degree.

The chair 1 consists of the base 2 of a shape corresponding to the form of-the base of the rail. The chair is provided with a longitudinal slot 3 at its upper portion, and the end portions of the rails are received within slot 3, and fastenings are passed through same in an obvious manner to lock the rails in position. The bases 4. of the rail ends are cut away, and the web 5 of the rails is the portion which is received within the longitudinal slot out its length, and the 3. The bases of the rails are thus permitted to rest upon the ties, and of course the joint is given a consequently greater degree of strength than would be the case were the bases of the rails not so disposed. The rails are formed with the usual openings 6 upon the webs 5 thereof, and these openings register with openings 7 upon the base, fastenings being passed through each of the adjacent parts to secure them together. Each end of the rails is formed in exactly the same manner and the rails are thus of such a structure that they may be rolled in the presses in the same way that the rails now commonly used are formed. The above is of especial importance, and since the ends are of the same construction the rail may be applied more readily than otherwise.

We are aware that it is not broadly new to cut away the end portions of rails and to use the rails in somewhat the same manner with relation to a chair. However, the exact structure disclosed is of a broader adaptation and possesses a greater degree of merit than those inventions which are above described.

The base 2 is of uniform thickness throughparts 8, separated by the slot 3, constitute cheek or clamp pieces which come under the side portions of the ball or head of the rails to sustain perpendicular pressure thereon. The bottom of slot 3 is straight throughout its length, thereby admitting of the chair being rolled. The lower edge of the web bordering upon the cutaway portion of the rail-bases is straight, so as to simplify and provide a thoroughly practicable and commercial joint.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is A rail-j oint comprising rail ends having terminal portions of their bases cut away for a short distance, the lower edges of the webs bordering upon the out-away portions being straight, a chair comprising a base and cheek or clamp pieces, the latter being formed by a longitudinal slot in the top side of the base, the bottom of the slot being straight and the base of uniform thickness throughout its length and fitting between the terminals of the cut-away base portions and against the a In testimony whereof We aflix our signalower straight edges of the web portions, the tures in presence of tWo Witnesses.

cheek or clamp pieces embracing the sides of the webs and coming under and against the p side portions of the ball or head of the rails, and fastenings passed through openings in Witnesses:

the webs and cheek-pieces in coincident re-- JAMES P. GORMAN,

lation, substantially as specified. THOMAS J. WHITTAKER. 

